THE MESQUITE TREE
an American tragedy
With a little bit of masa and some leftover meat, a single mother can make enough tamales to feed her family for an entire month; but Blanca wants more for her granddaughter than to be pregnant at fifteen and stuck in a small house in South Texas with five generations of her abuelas. Can she change her family’s destiny before there’s another mouth to feed?
THE MESQUITE TREE PRODUCTION SHOTS
A workshop production of The Mesquite Tree, an American Tragedy was presented by Teatro Audaz at the Public Theatre in San Antonio from June 30 - July 10th 2022. Directed by Vanessa Rae Lerma and starring Cindy Rod Martinez, Elise Lopez, Laura T. Garza, Anastacia Islas, Elizabeth Ramirez, and Alejandra Wagnon.
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THE MESQUITE TREE @ THE PGE
Pictures of the cast who took part in developmental readings of The Mesquite Tree at the PlayGround Experiment in 2019.
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A short excerpt from an early draft of The Mesquite Tree at the PGE Virtual Volumes. Excerpt starts at 47:47.
Another short excerpt from an early draft of The Mesquite Tree at the PGE Virtual Volumes. Excerpt starts at 55:57.
THE MESQUITE TREE @ INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Pictures of the cast who took part in a fully staged reading of The Mesquite Tree at Indiana University in 2021.
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